ArenaSnow

The Crimson Rose and the White Moon​

Anything to stick in the characters tab for people to reference regarding appearance, abilities, possibly backstory, etc...?

Your Avatar Has A Kid With The Avatar Above

A draconic fire-breathing hellspawn, at the very least.

Men vs. Women Race to 1000

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OOC Gender Restrictions

<Snipped quote by Hank>

Dude, speak for yourself. I don't know about the rest of the men on this site but I could be playing the raunchiest kinkiest smuttiest dirtiest 1x1 ERP and for some reason I don't feel like my sexuality takes a ding if my RP partner turns out to be a man too. You're right that this is a fantasy but I'm not having any fantasies about the other player it's all about the RP itself and the characters. There's no 'breaking the spell' or 'lost interest' if my partner is a man, as long as the characters are straight. Maybe we have a very different idea of what the purpose of these RPs is and I agree that it might not be sexism, but what you're saying sounds a lot like homophobia instead.

Maybe I'm the odd man out that I can still get into it without feeling like my sexuality is being questioned but don't act like you're the mouthpiece for all straight men on this forum. I don't give a flying fuck if my smut rp partner is a guy, a girl, or an alien (tentacles preferred please.)

Cheers!

@Visionaryness

That's you. I personally make a distinction between character and roleplayer, but Hank is not wrong in saying that there are in fact people as he described. Between the post you quoted and the post I just quoted, the case is clear - there's many ways that people approach the same thing.

You have your way. I have my way. Hank presented another way.

At the end of the day, it is not a case of "one definition fits all".

OOC Gender Restrictions

<Snipped quote by ArenaSnow>

And you don't see anything creepy with using RP to bait people into relationships? I mean, there's absolutely no problem with forming a genuine relationship with your partner. I met my spouse on a RP forum 15 years ago and we've been living together ever since and still RP almost daily, but we didn't find each other's genders out until 6 months into the RP.

This kind of bait-and-switch that you're suggesting is really fucked up.

@Drache

<Snipped quote by ArenaSnow>

And you don't see anything creepy with using RP to bait people into relationships? I mean, there's absolutely no problem with forming a genuine relationship with your partner. I met my spouse on a RP forum 15 years ago and we've been living together ever since and still RP almost daily, but we didn't find each other's genders out until 6 months into the RP.

This kind of bait-and-switch that you're suggesting is really fucked up.

@Drache

I think you're trying to inject orange juice into a side of apple, and this post is probably going to end up slingshotting right past yours, but to hit that specific question, I think people do try and do things that would be considered creepy in regards to forming relationships online under false premises/using specific requirements to get specific types of people. It's part of why I treat everyone online that isn't proven otherwise as a "roleplayer monogender" and use the male line of pronouns by default because there's basically no way to prove otherwise, and I'm a) not going to try to appeal to every form of supposed identity unless it's reasonable to go by an identity that someone wants to be identified by on the internet and b) not going to treat just about anything online as real considering how easy it is to fabricate one's identity or motives.

All that aside, I don't think that people specifying they want particular genders to apply mean anything malicious, and I don't even think the majority of people that say "looking for x to play x/y" are planning a "bait-and-switch" or trying to be creepy. I don't even let myself form such a relationship at all. I have my specific RL preferences for romantic relationships, and one of the specifications is, yes, gender. Where I make a distinction is between what happens on the character level and what happens on the OOC level. Many folks do not make such a distinction.

Even if someone wants specific genders and may lean towards something of a romantic nature down the road, I wouldn't say all of such people are malicious in intent. I can think of a few people who have frequented the 1x1 forum that I would ward someone against if asked directly about them. I don't think they stand for everyone who is looking for a particular gender.

OOC Gender Restrictions

You're never going to be in a romantic or sexual relationship with your RP partner.

@Drache

Doesn't mean certain folks won't try, and even come close to success on the romantic part. Haven't heard any success stories. Have heard of ongoing romances on the guild based on 1x1 threads.

OOC Gender Restrictions

<Snipped quote by Altered Tundra>

I was not Blasting anyone, just presenting a opinion.
I said nothing about anyone elses stance on the issue.

@PrinceAlexus

Tundra did say "like this thread has done", not quite "like you have done".

Christmas Gift Game

A tablet, so I can corrupt and melt your brain you have unlimited eternal access to all sorts of reading.

Finish the Sentence, Create a Story

There once was a man, who is well known in his shitty. His name was John but on weekends it was Britney. On Sundays, his name was Carl. The rest of the time, it was 'dumbass'. And he has two things that always accompany him, a list of names and a worn-out red marker. It would surprise you to know that, while it went against the expected function, the marker was not for writing on paper.

Morning light filled the hospital, the smell of death hung in the air. The pale walls shone wetly. Above Dumbass's bed hung a portrait of the Quartermaster of the KSR, and by his nightstand was a comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush. John had ended up with a broken hip after tripping himself at the stair. Or, at least that's what he told the Doctors had broken his hip. In fact, it had been something far more sinister; autohypnotic asphyxiation. Heading back home, he saw, that the mayor's car had been entirely covered in cling film. Confused by his misadventures, he decided that a live tentacle porn show was the next best option.

He proceeded to go to the fishmongers, and detail precisely what his plan was. The Fishmonger agreed,

"Fourty dollars for fifteen minutes sounds fair." Dumbass reached into his pocket to find that he had forgotten his wallet at home.

"Do you accept IOUs?" Dumbass raised two middle fingers and asked. As a result, he received a look of disgust and a kick in the nuts. Swearing revenge Dumbass crawled away, winded and bruised. On top of that, he was slightly bemused. However, he appeared to have the upper hand as, with a devious smile, he pulled a remote control from his pocket. He pressed the button, and cursed out loud. Then he saw something he could not describe. It was a horrifying, yet beautiful, visage of his old dirty dog named Lasagna. Lasagna looked like it was going to bite off his... well... it's a delicate place.That delicate place is his head, the dog jumped into the air holding a flamethrower and somehow seemed both willing and able to use it.

"Don't attack me," cried the topless porn star who had just stepped into the madness. Because he was running out of gravity, he decided to swim away. At that moment he knew, he was in hell, and at the right second he saw a flying fetus straight to his face. "Why did you abort me daddy?"

With a horrified scream, Dumbass awoke - to discover that she was sitting on her toilet in Heaven having a heavenly crap. Satan called on his cell phone with fury at the latest posters disregarding former italics tags,

Post a random fact about yourself.

I guessed, not more than a few moments ago, that Elgappa bought himself a bunch of games for the purpose of giving to his sweet old grandmother. Because I know, Elgappa is not selfish, and he always respects his elders.